Hi there. I bought a house, and we noticed we had problems with draftiness from the front door. I bought new seals, and as I was installing them I saw the root cause of the problem: The front door hung about a 1/4" to far forward. The result is that on the hinge side of the door, the seal is being compressed to much, and eventually fails. The compression also pushes the far side of the door away from the seals, so that when it gets cold, the magnets on the seal won't grip. That was last winter.
I now have to move my hinges back about 1/4". What I'm afraid of is that to do that, I would have to drill the new mounting holes very close to the old mounting holes, an I'm worried this may cause a failure (door is heavy). I could fill the original mounting holes with something, but I'm at a loss as to what to use (white glue shrinks, putty's to weak, maybe epoxy?). The other option is to replace the actual door frame, but I'd like to avoid that.
Anyway, just looking for any advice anyone who might have done something like this in the past.
Thanks
John